Usually I can at least think of one reasonable interpretation of a song, or get the general gist... But this is one of those rare instances where I have got absolutely no clue whatsoever. What does any of it actually mean??? Can anyone help???
It's obviously about Johnny Marr.
It's obviously about Johnny Marr.
Usually I can at least think of one reasonable interpretation of a song, or get the general gist... But this is one of those rare instances where I have got absolutely no clue whatsoever. What does any of it actually mean??? Can anyone help???
It's obviously about Johnny Marr.
Wasn't the song 'The Operation' about Jake as well?It's probably about Jake, there are more songs about Jake than Johnny now.
In the book 'two becomes one'. Remember
Wasn't the song 'The Operation' about Jake as well?
Very likely, with all the boxing and tattoo references. Not a very good song, but some typical Moz lines. "Everyone here is sick to the back teeth of you."
Not convinced by the Twin one though.
Yes, a twin in the sense of having the same artistic/musical vision, burning ambition, pop culture obsession, Irish outsider upbringing, etc.
Yeah - I mean that I'm not convinced that the twin one is about Jake.
But then, myself and a few other members here could write books on Songs about Johnny, so...
Throughout Autobiog, he does refer quite a lot to their relationship as "our umbilical cord."
I can't remember which poster it was now, but whoever discovered the Billy Budd/poetry connection on here - that was brilliant.
Yes, it's about a specific break-up at first and generally becoming disillusioned with love, having gained it and lost it and realizing you will never again become one (twin) with another person, as you cannot believe the misreable lie anymore. It's all there in the lyrics, fellas. And in the third 'Never again' it is disillusionment with the whole of humanity, culture is dead, no hope left, we can just exterminate ourselves, etc. I'd say I understand everything except the line before "outcast in the bath"